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Join the OKC Million Weight Loss Challenge!
Protect Your Baby from Group B Strep
Playing It Sun Safe
Summertime Food Safety
Beware - Don’t Get Scammed!
Join the OKC Million Weight Loss Challenge!
The One Million Pound weight loss challenge, created by Oklahoma City
Mayor Mick Cornett, began as a way to encourage Oklahoma City residents
to lose one million pounds as part of a New Year’s resolution for 2008.
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Protect Your Baby from Group B Strep
Group B strep (GBS) is a bacteria also known as Streptococcus agalactiae.
This type of bacteria is commonly found in the human body and generally has
no symptoms. It may be found in the digestive, urinary, and reproductive
tracts of men and women.
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Playing It Sun Safe
While sun safety is something we should consider year-round, the majority of
people only consider it during the longer days of late spring and summer as
they spend more time outside. Over the past 20 years, the number of malignant
melanomas and other skin cancers has continued to rise. Medical research
during this same time identified the different types of ultraviolet (UV)
radiation and their effect on the skin which has also resulted in the
availability of better sun protection in the form of lotions, creams, oils,
clothing, and eyewear.
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Summertime Food Safety
The days between Memorial Day and Labor Day are generally considered the
prime-time for outdoor activities. The warmer weather encourages us to get
outside and be more physically active and to enjoy outdoor gatherings with
friends and family. Chances are, when there’s a gathering, there’s food. The
last thing you would want is for someone to become ill as a result of improper
food handling. To prevent this from happening, here are few simple suggestions.
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Beware - Don’t Get Scammed!
HealthChoice continues to get phone calls from members reporting that they have
received fraudulent calls from someone insisting that the member needs a new
member ID card. The caller is quite relentless, and when the member finally
agrees to accept the additional ID card, the caller asks for personal
banking information.
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